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Name Official number Flag IMO
ATHELVISCOUNT  161118  GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1929  24/07/1929  09/1929 
Vessel type Vessel description
Tanker   Steel Motor Vessel  
Builder Yard Yard no
Robert Duncan & Co, Port Glasgow East Yard  391 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
8882 grt / 5259 nrt / 475.0 ft  63.3 ft  35.0 ft   
Engine builder J. G. Kincaid & Co. Ltd., Greenock
Engine detail
2- Screw. Oli Engines. 2x6Cyl. 709NHP Machinery aft. 

First owner First port of register Registration date
United Molasses Co. Ltd., Liverpool  Liverpool   
Other names
1942 EMPIRE VISCOUNT - 1946 ATHELVISCOUNT 
Subsequent owner and registration history
1940 Athel Line Ltd., Liverpool
1942 Ministry of War Transport - Athel Line Ltd., Liverpool
1946 Tankers Ltd. - Athel Line Ltd., Liverpool 
Vessel history
31/08/1940 Survived being bombed in Cammell Laird's Shipyard
21/03/1942 survived being torpedoed by U.202 in 38.46N - 55.44W, towed to St. John's Newfoundland and repaired. 
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1957  Broken Up 30/08/1957 
Disposal Detail
Arrived at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht for breaking. 
 

 

Athelviscount
Image courtesy of :  Old Ship Picture Galleries

Athelviscount
Image courtesy of :  Old Ship Picture Galleries
 


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